Can I activate Office 365 without a Microsoft account?
Why do I need an account to sign in to Office?Why do I need an account to sign in to Office? Show
An association occurs between Office and your account and is what verifies you're the licensed owner of Office. Signing in with your account allows you to:
What is a Microsoft account and a work or school account and how do I get one?What is a Microsoft account? A Microsoft account is an email address and password that you use with Outlook.com, Hotmail, Office, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox, and Windows. When you create a Microsoft account, you can use any email address as the user name, including addresses from Outlook.com, Yahoo! or Gmail. What is a work or school account? If your work or school uses Microsoft 365, someone such as a Microsoft 365 global admin likely assigned you a unique username and password. This is the account you use to access your work or school email and your organization's web resources. Work or school accounts are usually associated with Microsoft 365 for business products and are usually managed by the same Microsoft 365 admin responsible for assigning user accounts and Office licenses to people in their organization. Microsoft accounts A Microsoft account is a free account you use to access many Microsoft devices and services, such as the web-based email service Outlook.com (also known as hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com), Office Online apps, Skype, OneDrive, Xbox Live, Bing, Windows, or the Microsoft Store. If you already use any of these services chances are you already have a Microsoft account. Microsoft account used to be called "Windows Live ID". When you create a Microsoft account, you can use any email address as the user name, including addresses from Outlook.com, Yahoo! or Gmail. If you already use an email address and password to sign in to Microsoft devices and services like the ones mentioned above, then you already have a Microsoft account. One of the benefits of having a Microsoft account is having a single password to sign into all your Microsoft services. Microsoft accounts are most often associated with Office for home products. For more information about Microsoft accounts and how to manage them. See Microsoft account help. Work or school accounts If you use Microsoft 365 in your work or school, someone such as a Global administrator likely assigned you a unique username and password. You sign in with this work or school account to access your email and other web resources in your organization. Work or school accounts are associated with Microsoft 365 for business products and are usually managed by the same admin responsible for assigning user accounts and Office licenses to people in their organization. Admins looking for help with managing user accounts should see Add users individually or in bulk to Office 365. How do I associate my account with Office?Associating a Microsoft account, or work or school account with Office is how Microsoft verifies you have a legitimate Office license. How you associate your account and Office product depends on your Office product and how you got it. This association is only necessary for Microsoft 365 subscriptions and non-subscription Office 2016 and Office 2013 products (see Do I need an account for Office 2010 or Office 2007?) Select the option that best suits you how you got Office. If you bought Office at a retail store it likely came with packaging that included a key. When you redeem this key, you'll be asked to use an existing Microsoft account or create a new account. If you bought Office through the online Microsoft store and you signed in to make your purchase, this is the account that's associated with Office. If you can't install Office you may have missed the redemption step after your purchase. See I just bought Office. Where do I enter my product key? If someone shared their Office subscription with you, they may have sent you an email or text message. When you're ready to install Office, you'll be asked to use an existing Microsoft account or create a new account. How do I get a Microsoft account? If you're using Office through your work or school, you were likely assigned an account when you started. This is the account you use to sign in to Office.com. If you bought Office, but someone else installed it for you and their account is now associated with Office instead of yours, contact support. Be sure to have your proof of purchase. If you purchased Office through your organization's Microsoft Workplace Discount Program (formerly known as Home Use Program) benefit for use on a PC running Windows, you don't use an account to activate Office. You should have received a product key which you need to enter when prompted to activate Office. See Install or reinstall Office through Microsoft Workplace Discount Program. Where do I sign in with my account so I can install or reinstall Office?If you have an existing Microsoft 365 subscription, or use Microsoft 365 at work or school, sign in at Office.com with the account that's associated with your subscription. This is where you can install or reinstall Office, and depending on your Office product it's also where you manage your subscription through My Account. The association between your account and your Office license depends how you got Office. Signing in at Office.com or signing in to the Office desktop apps also means you can easily access any files you stored in cloud services such as OneDrive. Learn more at Sign in to Office or Microsoft 365. If you're simply looking for the steps to install Office see:
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Do I need an account for Office 2010 or Office 2007?Accounts aren't required for older versions of Office such as Office 2010 or Office 2007. To install or reinstall Office use the disc and product key that came with your purchase. See Install Office 2010 and Install Office 2007 for more information about installing those versions. Can I change the name on my account?I forgot my username or passwordWork or school accounts If someone in your organization assigned you a work or school email account go to Password reset. If you can't reset it then contact your admin because they may not have granted you permission to change your own password. Any other changes, such as changing your username also has to be done by your admin. If you're the admin responsible for managing email user accounts for people in your organization, see Users and passwords in Microsoft 365 for business – Admin Help. My password is correct, but it isn't workingThere are few things you can check if your password doesn't seem to be working:
If it's still not working, do the following depending on your account. My Gmail, Yahoo!, (etc.) account is a Microsoft account, but it isn't workingThere are benefits to making your regular email account such as a Gmail or Yahoo! account a Microsoft account as well. It can be one less account to remember, or you just prefer to use certain accounts for certain activities. Outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com, or msn.com accounts are managed my Microsoft and are automatically considered Microsoft accounts. This means any changes you make to this account is carried through all Microsoft services such as XBox, Skype, or Onedrive where you also use this account. However, if you created a Microsoft account using an existing email account managed by a different email provider such as a Gmail or Yahoo! account, any changes you make to those accounts through their respective providers, won't be carried over to Microsoft. For example, you used an existing Gmail, Yahoo!, or another type of account to create a Microsoft account, but at a later date you made a change to your account such as updated your password or other personal information, you had to do that through the settings from your email provider, in this case Gmail or Yahoo!. The changes you make there, don't automatically extend to your Microsoft account. This means your Microsoft account password remains what it was you first created it. To make any changes to this account as a Microsoft account means you need to do it through your Microsoft account settings. Sign in to your account portal to check if the account is working. If you need to reset your Microsoft account password for this email account, see I forgot the username or password for the account I use with Office. To manage other aspects of your Microsoft account such as name changes or security settings, sign in at account.microsoft.com. A message says Office isn't associated with this accountFor help with this message, see "This is the right place to install and reinstall Office" error message. Can I activate Office without a Microsoft account?Software activation, after installation, does require a Microsoft account. However, after activation, the MS account isn't necessary for ongoing use.
Can you activate Office 2021 without a Microsoft account?Unfortunately no. All retail copies of Office since 2013 need to be paired to a Microsoft account for activation purposes. Only the volume licence (corporate/enterprise) versions don't have this requirement.
How do I permanently activate Office 365 for free?You have to activate this first. You can read how to activate your free Office suite on your new laptop below.. Step 1: open the Office program. ... . Step 2: choose an account. ... . Step 3: log in to Microsoft 365. ... . Step 4: accept the conditions. ... . Step 5: get started.. Is an Office 365 account the same as a Microsoft account?Your Microsoft Account is not your Business Office 365 account, they are two completely different accounts. One owned by you as an individual and the other managed by your company.
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